Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1878-09-27
Day of Death
1947-06-24
Place of Birth
Genova, italy
Bartolomeo Pagano
Biography
Italian motion picture actor of the Silent Era. Before his cinema career, Pagano was a stevedore who worked at the port of Genoa. There, he was discovered and selected to play the role of Maciste, a muscular slave, in the silent movie classic Cabiria in 1914. As the originator of this role, he went on to play the character for the next 14 years in a series of sequels. Pagano became an international star. In the 1920s he was one of the most well paid actors in Italy, receiving up to 600.000 lire a year. The actor retired from films in 1929 to marry and raise a family in his home town of Genoa. He died there, aged 68, and is buried on the family estate in Italy.
Filmography (28)
Judith and Holophernes
1929Gli ultimi zar
1928
Il gigante delle Dolomiti
1927Maciste contro lo sceicco
1926
Maciste nella gabbia dei leoni
1926
Maciste in Hell
1925
Maciste Emperor
1924
Maciste e il nipote d'America
1924
Maciste e la figlia del re dell'argento
1923
Maciste und die chinesische Truhe
1923Maciste und der Sträfling Nr. 51
1923
Man soll es nicht für möglich halten ...
1922
La rivincita di Maciste
1921
Maciste on His Vacation
1921
